Improved eaves-trough hanger



'1 Mitt wwesssaw DAVID ARTER, OF ASHLAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO,HIMSELF AND J. KAUFFMAN, OF SAME PLACE.-

L'eam Patent No. 84,467, dated December 1, i868.

IMPROVE!) EA'VES-TROUG-H HANG-ER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the um To all whom fit may concer-11l Be it known that I, DAVID ARTER, of Ashland, in

the county of Ashland, and State of Ohio, have inventedcerta'in new and useful Improvements in Eaves- Troughs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the saine, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side View of the eaves-trough and hanger.-v A

Figure. 2 is a vertical section ofthe sam'e.

Figure 3 is a top view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the dierent views presented.

`The nature of this invention relates to an improvement in the mode of hanging eaves-troughs, so that said troughs canbe put up or taken down Without de- 'taching the fastening whereby theyare secured to the building. The device, and operation of the same, are as follows:

Arepresents the eaves-trough, which is of the shape shown in fig. 2, having a bead, C, 'at the outer edge,

the inner edge curving over to the inside, and forming D represents the cross-piece, to which the upright part of the hanger-is attached. This cross-piece is made as represented in fig; 2; one end, b, curving over and around the bead G of the trough, and the other end being turned in an angular form, so as to tit in the lip a.

To this cross-piece is pivoted the button E, which can be turned in either direction, as shown in fig. 3.

The manner in whioh this is adjusted to the roof is -as follows The end, b, of the cross-piece is rst placed around the bead of the trough,and then,.by a slight eiort, the other end is pushed under the lip a of the opposite side of the trough. This end having been bent in an angular form, its closely in the lip.

The button E, having been previously turned to one A side, is now turned back, and forced upon the edge of the trough, over the lip and cross-piece, as 'shown in g. 2, thus griping the lip rinly between tI1`em,-a nd holdig'it securely. 'The hanger can then be nailed to the roof in the ordinary manner.

An advantage of this hanger and eaves-trough is that the hanger can .be permanently attached., to the roof, and the trough attached or detached, asdesired, 

